Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Roman de la Rose
France, Rouen, ca. 1525
MS M.948. Fol. 064r

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Roman de la Rose: Scene, Death of Seneca -- Executioner, wearing hat and with sword tied to belt, with knife opens veins in right arm of Seneca, nude, bleeding from wounds, raising left hand to breast, partly submerged in wooden tub.
Scene in room with tiled floor and landscape and buildings through portal in background.